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Blackford Capital invests in Aqua-Leisure Industries 1 of 3 Auq-Leisure Industries is a designer and distributor of multiple lines of performance-based products under a variety of brand names and proprietary designs, including swim goggles, “Learn to Swim” products for children and pool floats, among other categories. Courtesy Aqua-Leisure Industries Courtesy Aqua-Leisure Industries The local private equity firm Blackford Capital invested in a water sport leisure and aquatic goods product developer, creating a new portfolio company platform in the process. Grand Rapids-based Blackford C...

Share this article Share this article GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackford Capital, a private equity firm based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, today announced an investment in Aqua-Leisure Industries, a leader and pioneer in water sport leisure product development and aquatic goods. Headquartered just outside of Boston, Aqua-Leisure was founded in 1970 and primarily serves the aquatic consumer products industry. The company is one of the largest and most innovative designers and distributors of multiple lines of high quality, performance-based products under a variety of b...

Detroit Lakes City Council previews assessment plans for $7.5 million road project At an estimated $7.5 million, the street and utility improvements along Holmes Street, Willow Street and Frazee Street are expected to require special assessments from residents between $15,000 to $27,000 depending on the lot size and which services are being augmented. Written By: Michael Achterling | × The Detroit Lakes City Council holds its first regular meeting of 2021 and included the State of the City address by Mayor Matt Brenk. (Michael Achterling / Tribune) Preliminary special assessme...

'Godfather' of Minnesota's nonprofit movement steps down Jon Pratt, who has led the state Council of Nonprofits for three decades, will stay on as a research fellow.  December 25, 2020 — 7:17pm Text size Copy shortlink: Jon Pratt has championed Minnesota nonprofits for three decades, starting and leading one of the first and the largest statewide nonprofit associations in the country. Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, announced this week he will step down in 2021 after years of pushing for policy c...

Washington Avenue reopens at last, after brutal October weather slows construction in Detroit Lakes As part of the project, a mini-roundabout has replaced traffic lights at Willow Street, and another mini-roundabout has replaced a stop sign at the North Shore Drive T-intersection. Written By: Nathan Bowe | × This is a concept design for the "streetscaping" of the South Washington Avenue/North Shore Drive mini-roundabout. Confluence, a Fargo-based landscape architecture firm, drew up the designs for the project, which the city is hoping will become a "gateway" into the lakefront...